LA County Judge Catherine Pratt is known her handling cases of girls caught in sex trafficking.
California Supreme Court
State high court appears to favor doctors in payment battle
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court appeared to favor reviving tort litigation brought by unpaid emergency doctors against several health ...
Banking
City, county of Los Angeles settles with Wells Fargo for $50 million
By Justin Kloczko
The Los Angeles city attorney's office has settled with Wells Fargo & Co. for $50 million over allegations the bank opened...
Entertainment & Sports
Film company sues Paramount for alleged lackluster marketing campaign
By Steven Crighton
The company contends that Paramount intentionally sabotaged the 2010 film "Middle Men." ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State high court directs State Bar to submit funding request
By Lyle Moran
The directive comes after the Legislature adjourned without approving a bar dues bill for 2017. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit upholds federal orders on energy manipulation
By Banks Albachn
The panel denied a request for review by companies that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission found violated state law. ...
Arbitrator Profile
Neutral makes adjustments to solve thorny business disputes
By Matthew Blake
An entertainment lawyer for years, Richard E. Posell mostly mediates and arbitrates entertainment, intellectual property and o...
Smith spent 20 years as on the LA municipal and superior courts, then 15 as a JAMS neutral. ...
When Richard A. Moss left the Los Angeles County district attorney's office after 17 years of service to care for his father's...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar leaders to propose 2017 ban on alcohol spending
By Lyle Moran
The recommendation from agency executives follows an outside audit that raised red flags. ...
Government
Provision in state bill could revive cities' suit against Monsanto
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A provision tucked into a budget trailer bill now on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk could help revive litigation against Monsanto Co....
California Supreme Court
Companies may face more liability in asbestos case
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to find that employers owe a duty of care to an employee's family members wh...
Richard Medina Jr. pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme in which nearly $12 million was illegally funneled through Inte...
Intellectual property transactions and monetization specialist On Lu jumped from Polsinelli PC to Nixon Peabody LLP, bringing ...
Environmental
U.S. judge puts hold on plan to open California land for fracking
By America Hernandez
Federal bureaucrats broke the law when they opened one million acres of public land in the Central Valley to drilling without ...
Chief Legal Officer Snowflake Computing Inc. (San Mateo) ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham advises Mexican energy company in $852 million purchase
By Banks Albachn
IEnova's offer is for the largest wind farm in Mexico. ...
Criminal
Former Orange County court clerk, others indicted for racketeering
By Meghann M. Cuniff
An alleged five-year bribery scheme that authorities say threatened the integrity of Orange County's court system culminated W...
Labor/Employment
In major Uber victory, panel validates company's arbitration agreements
By Matthew Blake
The class size in a lawsuit over Uber Technologies Inc.'s drivers' employment status could shrink 94 percent due to a game-cha...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Law Practice
Former governor starts new consulting group with Browne George Ross LLP attorneys
By America Hernandez
Former Gov. Pete Wilson has left Morgan Lewis Consulting to start Wilson Walsh George Ross LLC, a new consultancy. ...
Personal Injury & Torts
Driver, car owner found liable for $45 million in fatal car crash
By Justin Kloczko
The driver of a car who fatally struck a single mother and the registered owner of the vehicle were found liable for a $45 mil...
New crime bills cover everything from Prop. 47 petitions to mandatory minimum sentencing in prostitution cases. ...
Intellectual Property
9th Circuit revives company's copyright claims against Electronic Arts
By Kevin Lee
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived copyright claims against Electronic Arts Inc. in a Tuesday opinion focused on qu...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit adjusts standard for reviewing document disclosure requests
By Logan Noblin
An en banc ruling from the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals should help increase government transparency and ease public access to go...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Fenwick advises on $4 billion life sciences deal
By Banks Albachn
Cepheid's sale to the Danaher holding company compliments an existing health care diagnostics portfolio. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court reverses right of publicity win for CyberGuy
By Matthew Blake
In a victory for how the TV industry uses the material of talent no longer on the payroll, a right of publicity claim against ...
Litigation
Former Corinthian Colleges students must arbitrate their loan debts
By Renee Flannery
A former student of defunct Corinthian Colleges who sued her private loan collectors after she was told she would be forced to...
Litigation
Alameda County judicial candidate wins ballot language battle
By Joshua Seboldn
Alameda County judicial candidate Scott Jackson won his legal battle against the county registrar's ruling, which initially pr...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Divided 9th Circuit panel approves bid for higher attorney's fees
By Phil Johnson
Attorneys seeking upwardly revised fee requests after suing the Department of Defense in Freedom of Information Act litigation...